NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Otis, CO

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5 public K-12 schools in Otis from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
311
Students
57/100
Avg Resource Index
10.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Otis has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Otis lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Otis's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Lone Star Undivided High School and Otis Junior-Senior High School shows the range hidden by Otis's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
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Resource Index average
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Teacher staffing
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Otis Junior-Senior High School accounts for 32.8% of all Otis public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Otis-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Otis school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities

Otis school enrollment ranges from 19 students (lowest) to 102 students (highest), a spread of 83 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Otis student-teacher ratio is 10.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Lone Star Undivided High School 66
2. Otis Elementary School 62
3. Lone Star Elementary School 60
4. Lone Star Middle School 55
5. Otis Junior-Senior High School 42

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Otis

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Lone Star Undivided High School 39.7/100
  2. 2 Lone Star Middle School 26.6/100
  3. 3 Otis Junior-Senior High School 24.3/100
  4. 4 Otis Elementary School 23.3/100
  5. 5 Lone Star Elementary School 13.2/100

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Which Otis school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lone Star Undivided High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Otis schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Otis, CO? ▼

Otis has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 311 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.